The day before class a picture "the scream" sold at auction. I shared this picture with the students in the 2nd and 3rd grade for discussion. They were not very impressed with the picture as a favorite type of artwork.
Next they were to do a drawing of a person expressing emotion using the drawing and color.One pair of students did opposite emotions. It took a bit of discussion but they got the concept and did a great job on these. When we tried it last year early in the 2nd grade it was not such a success as it seemed the concept was too abstract for them.
The Lorax movie and book are very popular with the 1st grade so we planned a project to tell a part of the story. This combines drawing and using a variety of materials. Students had fuzzy balls for the lorax's hair and beard, cardboard for the tree stump, and feathers for the truffula trees. Some wrote messages. Others got more modern and made the lorax a girl. Interesting telling of the tale and comments on protecting trees.
